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Nomes of Lower Egypt in the early Fifth Dynasty [PDF]

open access: yesE&G Quaternary Science Journal, 2021
Abstract. Having control over the landscape played an important role in the geography and economy of Egypt from the predynastic period onwards. Especially from the beginning of the Old Kingdom, we have evidence that kings created new places (funerary domains) called (centers) and (Ezbah) for the equipment of the building projects of the royal tomb ...
M. I. Khaled
exaly   +7 more sources

The miraculous rise of the Fifth Dynasty – the story of Papyrus Westcar and historical evidence [PDF]

open access: yesPražské Egyptologické Studie, 2015
The decline of the powerful Fourth Dynasty and the rise of a new royal line, the Fifth Dynasty, have for a long time been shrouded in mystery and have become the stuff of legends. These events are referred to in the tale of the miraculous rise of the first three kings of the Fifth Dynasty, recorded on the Papyrus Westcar.
Miroslav Verner
doaj   +2 more sources

Glossing the past: the Fifth Dynasty sun temples, Abu Ghurab and the satellite imagery [PDF]

open access: yesPražské Egyptologické Studie, 2017
The sites of Abusir and Abu Ghurab, with their unique mingling of funerary and religious architecture, and the incredible heritage of written papyrus documents, represent a crucial area for the understanding of the historical, architectural and religious evolution of Old Kingdom Egypt.
NUZZOLO M, ZANFAGNA P
doaj   +3 more sources

In the shadow of Kaaper. Preliminary report on the anonymous Fifth Dynasty tomb AS 88 [PDF]

open access: yesPražské Egyptologické Studie, 2021
This paper presents an archaeological report on the anonymous Fifth Dynasty mastaba AS 88 from the Abusir South necropolis, south west of the tomb of the official Kaaper (AS 1). The tomb was reduced to the ground in antiquity and only fundaments of its architectural disposition remain: the chapel and serdab located in the southernmost third of the ...
Martin Odler   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

II. Meroë as a Problem of Twenty-Fifth Dynasty History

open access: yes, 2014
The special association between the site of Meroe and the problem of origins predates the academic discipline of archaeology, and its subsequent trajectory in the face of an accumulating material record has been one of mutation rather than extinction.
Jeremy Pope
openaire   +3 more sources

Square Grids in the Tomb of Akhethotep – Questions and Doubts

open access: yesÉtudes et Travaux (Institute des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences), 2021
The proportions of the human figure in Egyptian art were determined on the basis of simple and rarely changing rules. The oldest preserved guidelines used for this purpose come from the times of the Fifth Dynasty, and the square grids from the mid ...
Krzysztof Radtke
doaj   +1 more source

Non-royal Nubian Clothing Representations during the New Kingdom and the Kushites Twenty-Fifth Dynasty [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2018
There are interconnections between Egypt and Nubia since the Predynastic Period. The non-royal Nubians- as soldiers, servants, officials- were represented in the art of the New Kingdom in various artistic media.
Ahmed Ebied, Tamer Fahim
doaj   +1 more source

Montu priestly families at Deir el-Bahari in the Third Intermediate Period [PDF]

open access: yesPolish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2018
The mostly intact Twenty-fifth Dynasty qrsw-coffin sets of Heresenes and the Montu priests Padiamunet (iii) and Nespaqashuty (vi) were discovered on the Upper Terrace at Deir el-Bahari by Émile Baraize in 1932–1933, but were never fully studied or ...
Cynthia May Sheikholeslami
doaj   +1 more source

A medley of mummies from Deir el-Bahari [PDF]

open access: yesPolish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2018
The results of radiographic and visual examinations of four mummies originating from Deir el-Bahari, now kept in different museums throughout Egypt, are presented here.
Salima Ikram   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Representation of ‘SAw’ and ‘Pr-nw’ Shrines in the Funeral Procession in Some Non-Royal Mastabas During the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties [PDF]

open access: yesمجلة کلية الآثار - جامعة القاهرة, 2023
This study sheds light on the symbolic depiction of both Sais and Buto shrines, whether they were depicted by the kings or later by the individuals, such as viziers and high officials.
Ahmed Eissa,   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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